Electric-lamp stand



Mar. 20, 1923. 1,448,949. R. l. TRAVERS.

ELECTRIC LAMP STAND.

FILED MAY 13, 1921.

INVEN TOR. 6 01/4 /10 J 764M104)" H02 BY ML ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 2Q, 1923.

ROLAND J. TRAVERS, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

ELECTRIC-LAMP STAND.

Application filed May 13,

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ROLANDJ. TnAvnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of lalifornia, has invented a certain new and useful Electric-Lamp Stand, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electric lamp stands more particularly a stand for supporting an incandescent light bulb and socket, for residence and business use, and the objects of my invention are: first, to provide an insulated lamp stand-of this class, which is made up largely of telephone parts, so that the parts may be purchased and assembled with but slight changes; second, to provide a lamp stand of this class, which is composed of insulated material throughout particularly the part that a person grasps when moving it about; third, to provide a lamp stand of this class, with a heavy base, so that it will not readily tip 7 over and break; fourth, to provide a lamp stand of this class which consists principally of a telephone transmitter base, receiver and mouthpiece, and fifth, to provide a lamp stand of this class which is very simple and economical to construct easy to connect to the lamp socket, durable, insulated and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application, in which Figure l, is a longitudinal, sectional view of the stand complete, showing the socket and lamp and a portion of its connecting pipe in elevation to facilitate the illustration, and Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional view through 22 of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings.

The base 1, pad 2, sleeve 3, nuts l and 5, separator 6, washer 7, nut 8, pipe 9, receiver head member 10, receiver member 11, and transmitter mouthpiece 12 constitute the principal parts and portions of my electric lamp stand.

1921. Serial No. 469,284,

The base consisting of the members 1 and 2, is an ordinary telephone transmitter support base piece, the portion 1 being metallic or hard rubber insulationand the part 2 1s a cushion secured to the bottom thereof so that it will not scratch objects upon which 1t is placed and forming a base for supporting the stand. The conventional telephone transmitter support is provided internally with a pipe 3. which extends upwardly for supporting the telephone mouth piece. In my construction, this is out off forming the sleeve 3, secured to the baseby means of. the nut 5 on the underside which is a conventional nut for supporting this pipe 3 in position on the base. The receiver head member 10 is placed over the pipe 3 and secured thereto by nut 4, which is also a conventional nut for supporting this pipe 3' and receiver head member on the base. lin this receiver head member 10, is screwed the receiver member 11, which is a conventional telephone receiver casing exceptthat at the small end, the hole through which the cord usually passes is enlarged slightly and adapted to fit around a quarter inch pipe, the preferable size for the pipe 9, and theinouthpiece of the transmitter is positioned on,

the upper end of this receiver member with its small end down and its other end is adapted to receive the end of the socket which supports the lamp. This socket'is adapted to screw thereon and secure the pipe 9 rigidly in position. drawing the lamp socket down into the large open end of the mouth piece 12 rigidly securing it in position as shown best in Fig. l of the drawings. This pipe 9 forms a conduit forthc electric circuit wires which connect the socket with any source of electrical energy for producing the light.

Though I have shown and described a. particular construction, combinat on and arrangement of parts and portions I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement but desire to include in the purview of my in vention the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

It is obvious that with this construction there is provided a lamp stand which is made up almost entirely of telephone parts which may be readily constructed by purchasing the parts in different localities and assembling them close to the place of distribution. That the assembling of the parts is only a small undertaking. lVith the proper facilities a lamp stand of this class could be made in different localities without any machinery for making the parts because most of the parts are already manufactured for other purposes. That the-device is simple, economical of construction, durable, and a finished mechanical product.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An electric lamp stand including, a conventional telephone transmitter support base member, a telephone receiver member with its large end down positioned on said base member a sleeve and nut means extendinginto said receiver member and said base member separately securing said members together; a telephone mouth piece loosely positioned on the upper end of said telephone receiver member, a pipe member eX- tending through said receiver member adapted to connect with an electric light bulb socket at its upper end positioning said mouth piece relatively to said receiver memher and its other end supported in said base.

2. An electric lamp stand including, a conventional telephone transmitter sup-port base member a telephone receiver member with its large end down positioned on said base 1 ,aaaeae member a sleeve and nut means extending into said receiver member and said base member separately securing sald members together; atelephone mouth piece loosely po- A sitioned on the upper end of said telephone receiver member, a pipe member extending through said receiver member adapted to connect withan electric light bulb socket at its upper end positioning said mouth piece relatively to said receiver member and its other end supported in said base and means adapted to be screwed on the lower end of said pipe adapted to draw the lamp socket member against said mouth piece for securing all of said members in certain relative positions to each other, and an electrical conductor connecting with said socket passing through said pipe and out through the hole in said telephone base member.

3. An electric lamp stand including, a base member provided with a hole in its upper side, a handle member positioned Over the hole in said base member and extending above the same, a hollow externally threaded sleeve extending through said members positioning the same relatively to each other, nuts on said sleeve engaging the lower portion of said handle member and said base member securing said handle and base members to each other, a pipe threaded at opposite ends extending through said sleeve and said handle member, an electric light bulb socket secured on the upper end of said pipe and a nut on the lower end thereoi adapted to engage said sleeve for securing said members in certain relation and alinement with each other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand/ at San Diego, California, this 2nd day 01 May, 1921.

' ROLAND J. TRAVERS. 

